Listing of Past Scholars
Listing of Past Scholars (1978 — 2022)
| 1978 Lowell, Massachusetts |
Patrick J. Murphy |
| Brandon Spence | |
| 1979 Saint Louis, Missouri |
David Hagberg |
| 1980 Finger Lakes, New York |
Kyle Medieros |
| Randolph Waller | |
| 1981 Down East, Maine |
David Coco |
| 1982 Seattle, Washington |
Peter Redstone |
| 1983 Worcester, Massachusetts |
Cynthia Rose Day |
| Kathy Edge | |
| Baxter Jennings | |
| John Panning | |
| 1984 Chicago, Illinois |
Gregory Crowell |
| Norman Holmes | |
| Jon Moyer | |
| 1985 Charleston, South Carolina |
Jay Janell |
| 1986 Eastern Iowa |
James Stettner |
| Kent Tritle | |
| 1987 Newburyport, Massachusetts |
Thomas Dressler |
| Justin Hartz | |
| Joseph Olefirowicz | |
| Todd Sisley | |
| 1988 San Francisco, California |
Eileen Bockheim |
| Diane E. Green | |
| Michael F. Jack | |
| Wanda Underhill | |
| 1989 New Orleans, Louisiana |
Thomas Becker |
| David Bowen | |
| Larry Boyd | |
| Marshall Foxworthy | |
| Michael Morris | |
| Robert Zanca | |
| 1990 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Justin Aydt |
| Richard V. Cucchi | |
| Lorenz Maycher | |
| John Schwandt | |
| 1991 Baltimore, Maryland |
Kimberly Hess |
| Paul V. Scott | |
| Michael Snoddy | |
| Christoph Wahl | |
| 1992 Maine |
The Reverend Michael Barrett |
| Margaret Irwin-Brandon | |
| Jason Pedeaux | |
| Paul Tegels | |
| 1993 Louisville, Kentucky |
David Headrick |
| Michael Israel | |
| Lee T. Lovallo | |
| Sean O’Neal | |
| Gary E. Waller | |
| Allen K. White | |
| 1994 New Haven, Connecticut |
J.R. Daniels |
| Sr. Janis Haustein | |
| Ralph Lyda | |
| Ezequiel Menendez | |
| Nobuko Ochiai | |
| Adam Rahbee | |
| Paul Weber | |
| 1995 Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Stuart Ballinger |
| Justin Berg | |
| David D. Eaton | |
| William Lee Gardner | |
| Kathy A. Holland | |
| 1996 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Allison Alcorn-Oppedahl |
| José Luis Bella | |
| Thomas Bryan | |
| Andrew Gould | |
| Christopher Mella | |
| Vincent Ryan | |
| Will Scarboro | |
| 1997 Portland, Oregon |
Nicole Bensoussan |
| Joseph McCabe | |
| 1998 Denver, Colorado |
Patrick Callahan |
| 1999 Montréal, Canada |
David J. Brockman |
| Daniel Schwandt | |
| 2000 Boston, Massachusetts |
Daniel W. Hopkins |
| Tony Kupina | |
| Daniel B. Sañez | |
| Ted Kiefer | |
| 2001 North Carolina/Virginia |
Ryan Celestin |
| Bruce Ludwick, Jr. | |
| 2002 Chicago, Illinois |
Michael S. Banks |
| Charles Creech | |
| 2003 Central Pennsylvania |
Owen Cannon |
| Peter Isherwood | |
| 2004 Buffalo, New York |
Michael J. Diorio |
| Nathan LeMahieu | |
| 2005 Southeastern Massachusetts |
Bradley Althoff |
| Christopher Deibert | |
| Rachel Tissue | |
| 2006 Saratoga Springs, New York |
Patrick Davis |
| Trevor Dodd | |
| John Walthausen | |
| 2007 Central Indiana |
Leon Griesbach |
| Alexander Hendrickson | |
| 2008 Seattle, Washington |
Adam Gruber |
| Demetri Sampas | |
| Laura Trotta | |
| Bernadette Wagner | |
| 2009 Cleveland, Ohio |
Colin Knapp |
| Mark Paisar | |
| Brent L. Stull | |
| Jeremy Wance | |
| 2010 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Timothy Davis |
| Philip Fillion | |
| Evan Jacob Griffith | |
| Don Verkuilen | |
| 2011 Washington, D.C. |
Ryan Bartosiewicz |
| Matthew Pool | |
| Abraham Ross | |
| Andrew Szymanski | |
| 2012 Chicago, Illinois |
Laura Carrasco |
| Jonathan Gradin | |
| Jonathan Gregoire | |
| Cactus Sam Harris | |
| Mayu Hashigaya | |
| Robert Welch | |
| Joshua Ziemski | |
| 2013 Northern Vermont |
Sarah Johnson |
| Christopher Keady | |
| Samantha Koch | |
| Silviya Mateva | |
| Tiffany Ng | |
| Michael Plagerman | |
| Peter Rudewicz | |
| Alex Smith | |
| 2014 Syracuse, New York |
Devin Atteln |
| Alvez Barkoskie IV | |
| Collin Boothby | |
| Krista Melcher | |
| Heather Minion | |
| Ryan Mueller | |
| Mary Pan | |
| Priscilla Weaver | |
| 2017 The Twin Cities |
David Anderson |
| Zach Bowyer | |
| Oliver Brett | |
| Kevin Callahan | |
| Kira Garvie | |
| Clara Gerdes | |
| Ethan Haman | |
| Parker Hinenkamp | |
| David Kiser | |
| Samuel Kuffuor | |
| Garrett Law | |
| Esther Liao | |
| Samuel Libra | |
| David Lim | |
| John Miller | |
| John Nothaft | |
| David Pickering | |
| Alice Robinson | |
| Dean Robinson | |
| Samantha Schieff | |
| Henrique Segala | |
| Karen Taylor | |
| Stacey Yang | |
| 2018 Rochester, New York |
Laura Agner |
| David Anderson | |
| Alexander Ashman | |
| Nathaniel Brown | |
| Trevor Carolan | |
| Roshan Chakane | |
| Yun Choi | |
| Evan Currie | |
| Andrew Deierlein | |
| Ian Esmonde | |
| Kaitlyn Fitzen | |
| Richarg Gress | |
| Grayson Gwilliam | |
| Emma Haupt | |
| Bailey Hoffner | |
| Qishan Huang | |
| Chris Kehoe | |
| Andrew Koch | |
| Jing Lan | |
| Grace Lee | |
| Heather Peel | |
| Simon Pick | |
| Dianne Rechel | |
| Alyssa Santos | |
| Alexandria Smith | |
| Luke Staisunas | |
| Luke Tegtmeier | |
| Sean Vogt | |
| 2019 Dallas, Texas |
Hannah Lingen Cen |
| Adam Cogg | |
| Nick Curry | |
| Christoph Hintermüller | |
| James Kealey | |
| Joshua Redenz | |
| Sarah Schiener | |
| Jordan Smith | |
| Richard Spotts | |
| Mahesh Tiwari | |
| Catherine Trausch | |
| Olga Wong | |
| 2022 Columbus, Ohio |
Ariana Corbin |
| Zachary Duell | |
| Daniel Minnick | |
| Peter Morey |
About the Scholars Program
THE OHS BIGGS SCHOLARS PROGRAM of the Organ Historical Society is leading the way in career development for exceptional new talent, with specific focus given to fields of organ performers, historical research, and organ builders/designers. The intent of the program is to leverage the OHS community and resources to equip the next generation with necessary tools for a successful career.
The award is a 3‑year engagement, including financial support for three consecutive national festivals during the summer and professional support with a variety of mid-year events.